What Happened in June 1996

• Jun 1 H. D. Deve Gowda becomes Prime Minister of India, serving until April 1997
• Jun 1 Sony does not renew lease on megatron in Times Square
• Jun 2 50th Tony Awards: "Master Class" (play) & "Rent" (musical) win
• Jun 2 9th Children's Miracle Network Telethon

• Jun 5 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Memphis, Tennessee, on WMFS 92.9 FM
• Jun 7 Julia and Noah wed on "All My Children"
• Jun 8 128th Belmont: Rene Douglas aboard Editor's Note wins in 2:28.96
• Jun 8 Australian cricketer Dean Jones takes career-best 5-112 for Derbyshire v Hampshire
• Jun 8 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC

• Jun 8 Lloyd and Titchard complete 358 stand for 4th wkt Lancs v Essex
• Jun 8 Panama becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
• Jun 8 PBA National Championship Won by Butch Soper

• Jun 9 French Open Men's Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia wins his first Grand Slam title; beats Germany's Michael Stich 7-6, 7-5, 7-6

• Jun 10 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toledo, Ohio, on WBUZ 106.5 FM

• Jun 10 Stanley Cup Final, Miami Arena, Miami, Florida: Uwe Krupp's unassisted goal in triple-OT gives Colorado Avalanche a 1-0 win over Florida Panthers and a 4 game series sweep

• Jun 11 Exxon states that it will begin work on its $15-billion Sakhalin I oil and natural gas development in Russia's Far East
• Jun 12 3 Philadelphia Fed Court judges overturn US indecency ban on internet

• Jun 12 Marge Schott gives up day-to-day operations because of her numerous insensitive comments about Adolf Hitler, working women & Asians
• Jun 13 Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents

• Jun 14 Karl Krikken out handled the ball for Derbyshire v Indians
• Jun 15 IRA bomb in Manchester wrecks city centre at 11.17am, injuring 200
• Jun 16 50th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Seattle Supersonics, 4 games to 2; the Bulls' 4th title in 6 years

• Jun 17 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Syracuse NY on WAQX 95.7 FM
• Jun 17 The Fifteenth Amendment to the Irish Constitution, which removes the prohibition on divorce, is signed into law following a vote the previous year

• Jun 20 Space Shuttle STS 78 (Columbia 20), launches into space
• Jun 20 The Venezuelan Congress approves deals which allow foreign oil companies to explore and produce oil in Venezuela for the first time since the country's 1975 nationalization of the oil industry
• Jun 22 29th Curtis Cup: Great Britain & Ireland wins 11-6

• Jun 22 NHL Draft: Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) defenceman Chris Phillips first pick by Ottawa Senators
• Jun 22 Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test cricket debut
• Jun 23 "Tartuffe: Born Again" closes at Circle in Sq NYC after 29 performances

• Jun 23 Nintendo 64 goes on sale in Japan
• Jun 23 WLAF World Bowl 4, Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh: Scottish Claymores beats Frankfurt Galaxy, 32-27

• Jun 25 The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U.S. servicemen
• Jun 26 Irish Journalist Veronica Guerin is shot in her car while in traffic in the outskirts of Dublin
• Jun 26 NBA Draft: Georgetown guard Allen Iverson first pick by Philadelphia 76ers

• Jun 28 The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
• Jun 29 Andrea Leah Plummer, of Tennessee, crowned 39th America's Junior Miss
• Jun 29 Superman's Action Comic #1 (1938) auctioned at Sotheby at $61,900
• Jun 30 "Buried Child" closes at Brook Atkinson Theater NYC after 77 performances
• Jun 30 "Moon Over Buffalo" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 308 performances
• Jun 30 "State Fair" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 118 performances
• Jun 30 Caroline Frolic (Miss Ontario), crowned Miss Renaissance USA
• Jun 30 UEFA European Championship Final, Wembley Stadium, London, England: Oliver Bierhoff scores his second goal in extra time as Germany beat Czech Republic, 2-1

• Jun 4 Maria Bakalova, Bulgarian actress (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm), born in Burgas, Bulgaria
• Jun 13 Kodi Smit-McPhee, Australian actor (The Power of the Dog), born in Adelaide, Australia

• Jun 23 Charlie Jones, British actor
• Jun 24 Harris Dickinson, English actor (Beach Rats), born in London
• Jun 25 Lele Pons, Venezuelan-American internet personality (Vine, YouTube), born in Caracas, Venezuela

• Jun 8 Lyricist and songwriter Carole Bayer Sager (52) weds former chairman of Warner Bros. Robert Daly (60) in Bel Air, California
• Jun 16 American soap opera actress-singer Kassie Wesley (35) weds James De Paiva (39) in Morganfield, Kentucky
• Jun 22 "Full House" actress Candace Cameron (20) weds Montreal Canadiens hockey player Valeri Bure (22) at the Church of the Valle in Van Nuys, California
• Jun 23 "Amadeus" actor Tom Hulce (42) weds Italian artist Cecilia Ermini

Deaths 1 - 100 of 104

• Jun 1 Alan Blakley, British guitarist and record producer (The Tremeloes - "Here Comes My Baby"; "Silence Is Golden"), dies of cancer at 54
• Jun 1 Don Grolnick, American jazz pianist, composer and session musician (Brecker Brothers; Linda Ronstadt; James Taylor), dies of non-Hodgkin lymphoma at 48
• Jun 1 Fernand Schokweiler, judge, dies at 60
• Jun 1 Michael Fox, American actor (Perry Mason, Quincy, Dallas, Bold & the Beautiful), dies at 75
• Jun 1 Robert Arthur Hughes, English surgeon and Presbyterian missionary, dies at 85
• Jun 1 Sanjiva Reddy, Indian politician, sixth President of India (1977-82), dies at 83
• Jun 1 Stephen Jones, English art historian, dies of cancer at 41
• Jun 2 Amos Tversky, Israeli psychologist (b. 1937)
• Jun 2 John Alton, cinematographer, dies at 94
• Jun 2 Leon Garield, writer, dies at 74
• Jun 2 Peter Bird, ocean rower, dies at 49
• Jun 2 Pilar Lorengar [Lorenza Pilar García], Aragones soprano, dies of cancer at 68
• Jun 2 Ray Combs, American comedian and TV host (Family Feud, 1988-94), commits suicide at 40
• Jun 3 Len Creed, British bookmaker (discovered Viv Richards), dies at 79
• Jun 3 Peter Glenville, English actor and director (Hotel Paradiso, Becket), dies at 82
• Jun 3 Tito Okello, Ugandan general, dies at 81

• Jun 4 Kudirat Abiola, wife of Moshood Abiola, is assassinated
• Jun 4 Tito Okello, president of Uganda (1985-86), dies
• Jun 5 Baldev Singh Chahal, campaigner, dies at 59
• Jun 5 Vito Scotti [Scozarri], American actor (The Godfather, Flying Nun, Barefoot in the Park), dies of lung cancer at 78
• Jun 6 Dick Hills, British screenwriter, with Sid Green (Two Of A Kind; The Strange World of Gurney Slade), and comedian (Those Two Fellers), dies at 70
• Jun 6 George Davis Snell, American geneticist (1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, H-2 gene), dies at 92
• Jun 6 Glyn Worsnip, British radio and television presenter (That's Life!), dies at 57
• Jun 6 Jean Sinclair, South African campaigner, founder member and first president of the Black Sash in 1955, dies at 88
• Jun 6 Kusuo Kitamura, Japanese 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 78
• Jun 7 José María Valverde, Spanish philosopher, poet and translator (La espera, Historia de la literatura universal), dies at 70
• Jun 7 Noel Walton Bott, British engineer (father of wave energy), dies at 88
• Jun 7 Percy Edwards, English entertainer (known for his animal impressions), dies at 88
• Jun 7 Robert Kidd, British marine geoscientist (International Deep Sea Drilling Programme), dies at 49
• Jun 7 [Francis] Max Factor, American CEO of Max Factor Cosmetics, dies at 91
• Jun 8 Barry Linehan, English actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft), dies at 70

• Jun 8 Phyllis Stedman, politician, dies at 79
• Jun 9 Bert Schierbeek, Dutch writer and poet (Cross Roads), dies at 77
• Jun 9 Edward Morris Bernstein, American economist (US negotiator at Bretton Woods conference and establishment of IMF), dies at 91
• Jun 9 Robert Kidd, marine geoscientist, dies at 48
• Jun 9 Walter Pardon, British folk singer and carpenter, dies at 81
• Jun 10 (Catherine) Jo Van Fleet, American Tony and Academy Award-winning actress (The Trip To Bountiful; East of Eden; Cool Hand Luke), dies at 81 [or 80, birth date disputed]
• Jun 10 Hugh Mitchell, American politician (Senator-D-Washington 1944-46, Rep-D-Washington 1949-63), dies at 89
• Jun 10 Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, Austrian painter, dies at 89
• Jun 10 Norman Lambert, British restaurateur, dies at 63 (b. 1933)
• Jun 10 Uno Chiyo, Japanese writer (Confessions of Love), dies at 98
• Jun 11 Alan Weeks, British sports commentator, dies at 72
• Jun 11 Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], German actress (Gloria, Gold, Metropolis), dies at 90
• Jun 11 Kevin Meadows, gay rights activist, dies at 21
• Jun 11 Lonne Elder, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 69
• Jun 11 Ulysses Dove, American dancer (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater), and choreographer (Red Angels), dies of AIDS-related illness at 49

• Jun 12 Ilona Ference, American actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), dies at 78
• Jun 13 David Nicholls, English Anglican priest, theologian and political theorist, dies at 60
• Jun 14 Ted Nightingale, British Governor of Equatoria Province, Sudan 1952-54, dies at 91
• Jun 14 Thomas Edward Montgomery, American jazz drummer and musical director, dies at 73
• Jun 15 Clare Grundman, American composer, dies at 83
• Jun 15 Dick Murdoch, professional wrestler (b. 1946)

• Jun 15 Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish adventurer, soldier, writer and politician who was an inspiration for Ian Flemings James Bond, dies at 85
• Jun 15 Helen Sinclair Glatz, English composer, dies at 88
• Jun 15 Jean Gimpel, French author and medievalist, dies at 77
• Jun 15 Piet Bambergen, Dutch comic and actor (The Mounties; The Mad Adventures of Sherlock Jones), dies of a heart attack at 65
• Jun 16 David Mourão-Ferreira, Portuguese poet (Cancioneiro de Natal) and film maker, dies at 69
• Jun 16 Mel Allen, American sportscaster (voice of NY Yankees; 22 World Series; 24 MLB All Star games), dies at 83
• Jun 17 Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher of science (paradigm shift), dies at 73
• Jun 18 Miriam Gideon, American composer, dies at 89
• Jun 18 Pierre Chany, French cycling journalist (49 x Tour de France; L'Équipe), dies of pleurisy at 73
• Jun 19 Ande Anderson, English opera director, dies at 78
• Jun 19 Edvin Wide, Swedish runner (Olympic silver 1924 and world record holder), dies at 100
• Jun 19 G. David Schine, American businessman, dies at 70
• Jun 19 Harold William Woolhouse, British botanist, dies at 63
• Jun 19 Henry Ralph Carr, English WWII soldier (A Sapper's War), dies at 82
• Jun 19 Vivian Ellis, English composer, dies at 91
• Jun 20 Hellevi Rombin Schine, Miss Universe (1955), dies in plane crash at 64
• Jun 20 Irving Krick, American meteorologist and inventor, dies at 89
• Jun 20 Joseph Green, Polish-American filmmaker, dies at 96
• Jun 20 Michel Lebrun, crime writer, dies at 65
• Jun 20 Walter Guevara Arze, provisional president of Bolivia (1979), dies
• Jun 22 Arthur "T-Boy" Ross, American songwriter, brother of Diana, found murdered at 47
• Jun 22 Bill Emerson, American politician (Rep-R-MO, 1981-96), dies of cancer at 58
• Jun 22 George Barati, Hungarian-American cellist, composer, and conductor (Honolulu Symphony, 1950-67), dies at 83
• Jun 22 Leo Nichols, businessman, honorary consul and longtime friend of Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, dies at 65
• Jun 22 Salah Abou Seif, film director, dies at 81
• Jun 22 Terrel Bell, American politician (2nd United States Secretary of Education 1981-84), dies at 74
• Jun 22 Tertius Metcalf, businessman, dies at 63
• Jun 23 Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician (Prime Minister of Greece, 1981-89, 1993-96), dies at 76
• Jun 23 Angelo John Novarese, American record company founder (Hi Tunes), dies at 72
• Jun 23 Elbert Parr Tuttle, American lawyer, judge and civil rights champion (one of the Fifth Circuit Four), dies at 98 [1]
• Jun 23 Pasqualino de Santis, Italian cinematographer, dies at 69
• Jun 23 Ray Lindwall, Australian cricket fast bowler (61 Tests, 228 wickets @ 23.03), dies from a stroke at 74
• Jun 23 Salah Abou Seif [Salah Abu Saif], Egyptian film director (Bidaya wa Nihaya), dies at 81
• Jun 25 Nicholas John, English National Opera's dramaturge, dies at 43
• Jun 25 Ray Howard-Jones, Welsh artist, dies at 93
• Jun 25 Sir Arthur Snelling, British Ambassador (b. 1914)
• Jun 26 Veronica Guerin, Irish crime journalist, murdered by drug lords at 36
• Jun 27 Albert R. Broccoli, American film producer (James Bond films), sometimes known as "Cubby", dies at 87
• Jun 27 Peter Adair, American documentary filmmaker (Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives), dies of AIDS at 52
• Jun 28 (Ronald George) "Tim" Woodman, British WWII RAF pilot and squadron leader, dies at 82
• Jun 28 Ghita Ionescu, Romanian politician scientist (Communism in Romania), dies at 83
• Jun 28 Michael Wishart, British figurative painter, dies at 68
• Jun 28 Piers Gray, critic/writer, dies at 49
• Jun 28 Willard McMurry, American blues record label executive (Trumpet Records), dies at 89
• Jun 29 Alexander George Ogston, British biochemist, and educator (professor at Australian National University, 1959-70; president of Trinity College - Oxford, 1970-78), dies at 85
• Jun 29 Bobby Keetch, English footballer and entrepreneur, dies at 54
• Jun 29 Pamela Mason [Ostrer], British actress, author and talk-show host (Lady Possessed), dies of heart failure at 78

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